Six-String Stories with So Many Ways
So Many Ways guitarists Murphy Welch and Jason Milbank tell us about their introductions to guitar, their gear, style and techniques and teach us the lessons (and riffs) they've learned from hair metal.
Beartooth launch Unconditional tour blog
Beartooth are set to head out on The Unconditional Tour with Memphis May Fire, the Word Alive, A Skylit Drive and Hands Like Houses. While touring, the band will be keeping fans updated from the road with a new tour blog, which will include big weekly updates every Friday, as well as photos, blog posts...
Major Lazer - Apocalypse Soon EP
Major Lazer Apocalypse Soon EP Last year, in this very space, we opined while reviewing Free the Universe, superproducer Diplo’s second full-length collection under the guise of Major Lazer, that he works best when focusing on the dancehall roots of this electronic side project. Wish granted: this five-track EP has the steamy, summery sound of a Jamaican...
Fall Out Boy, Paramore, The Flaming Lips, more to play Bunbury Music Festival
The lineup for the third annual Bunbury Music Festival has been announced and includes such bands as Fall Out Boy, Paramore, The Flaming Lips, Fitz And The Tantrums, Young The Giant, New Politics and many more. The festival will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 11, 12 and 13. Tickets are on sale now. You...
Get Scared, Like Moths To Flames, more to play Artery SXSW showcase
The lineup has been announced for the Artery Foundation’s SXSW showcase and includes such bands as Attila, Alesana, Like Moths To Flames, Being As An Ocean and more. You can check out the full lineup and all of the details below. ATTILA ALESANA LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES BEING AS AN OCEAN A LOT LIKE BIRDS...
KUZA - "Bound By Oath" video premiere
Industrial-tinged metal quintet KUZA, one of our 100 Bands You Need To Know this year, are set to release their new EP Venom & Sorrow next week. Check out the bloody evil video for “Bound By Oath” from the EP exclusively on APTV. Venom & Sorrow, which follows up the band's first EP, 2013's From Hell and Hate, will be available via...
Decemberists side project Black Prairie plot West Coast tour
Black Prairie (featuring members of the Decemberists) have announced a run of west coast tour dates, following the release of their third album, Fortune, on April 22 via Sugar Hill Records. The band will also be appearing at the SASQUATCH! Music Festival on the weekend of July 4. Check out the full list of tour dates...
Norma Jean release “Sword In Mouth, Fire Eyes" music video
Norma Jean have released a new music video for “Sword In Mouth, Fire Eyes.” It's the second video treatment from their latest album, Wrongdoers, and it follows “If You Got It At Five, You Got It At Fifty,” which was premiered on APTV. Check it out below along with their ongoing US headlining tour dates and European/UK one to...
Sworn In post "Dead Soul" video teaser
Sworn In will premiere a new video for “Dead Soul” on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The band's most recent release, The Death Card, is out now via Razor & Tie Records. The album is available for download on iTunes. Fans can check out a teaser for the video below. Leave us a comment with your thoughts!...